The oldest form of communication

Recently my grandmother sadly passed away, and while in her nineties it still came as a shock to me as not only had she bounced...

Jump with caution

With the recent hype on the launch of 5G wireless technology, the upgrade to the ubiquitous 4G, it got me wondering about what the potential...

The next step

At the beginning of the year I stepped down as Chairman of the business I founded back in 2004 from my bedroom, FluidOne. Since then...

Win win or no deal

Since starting my first business at fifteen I have enjoyed many business audio books from the infamous Jim Collins, From Good to Great through to...

Shameful waste

It seems that everywhere you turn you are reminded about the impact of plastic waste and the damage we are doing to the environment. But...

Killing Marketing

I read with interest the news that Volvo will be limiting all their cars to 112mph (180 kph) in a bid to reduce road deaths....

Divorce always looks better in hindsight

With only one conversation dominating our media at the moment I have been debating with myself the merits of writing a post about it. I...

Listening to customers

When I left school I went to work for a small IT company called Software Catalogue (that became Softcat) which basically sold IT equipment and...

We have been here before

Over the past few weeks I have been attending a number of seminars focusing on the future of fibre for the UK and how as...

Electric goes mainstream

With Elon Musk in the papers for all the wrong reasons it looks like Tesla is going to get its stiffest competition over the coming...

Some politicians do care

I was fortunate to attend a fundraising dinner in London recently for the MP for Plymouth, Johnny Mercer in London. Held at a private members...

Create memories

As someone who regularly thinks about death, not in a morbid way just always have, I tend to think about what I would remember on...

Bye bye Facebook

For about 11 years I have been a user of Facebook. Originally as the natural successor to Friends Reunited I got interested when they started...

Ariel demonstrates the genius of UK engineering

Last week I was super excited to learn that Ariel Motors, designers of the exoskeleton car known as the Atom, are designing and building a...

Dogs in the Office

When we moved our offices one of the prerequisites for me was to ensure wherever we ended up we would be allowed dogs in the...